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Maybe, just maybe, none of these top guys are doing anything like that?
just saying that the 2 people theyve busted so far havnt been busted for actual drug use......
They can't catch the good ones
-NOFX
The Shop
Now that I know exactly what was going on in cycling in the late ninetys ,it actually predates lemond,thru say 2009 although it went on after that and still does with TUEs used to mask other drugs .
But it makes me wonder how prevalent it was in mx before the test for epo was developed.
James' quads from back in the day will like like single-to-tables
Then let them compete anyway, just without their flag....
Makes no sense.
WE DON’T NEED ‘EM.
NEVER HAVE.
SHORT SIGHTED THINKING BROUGHT ‘EM HERE & IT HASN’T BEEN WORTH THE BS.
WE, USA, NEED TO DO OUR OWN.
THE TIME IS NOW.
#ENDtheBULLSHIT
https://youtu.be/1ryvVgE8LJA
Go to about 1:08 in.
The questions should be:
- is the WADA list of prohibited substances the right one for MX/SX?
- are WADA prescribed penalties appropriate for MX/SX, particularly in light of how severe they are relative to penalties imposed for mechanical or on track rule violations?
- Where is the accountability on acknowledging receipt and acceptance or rejection of TUEs?
also, is anyone amazed that Jeff Alessi hasn't been back to Vital to say I told you so?
For example, Adderall is a scheduled drug.
https://youtu.be/DBe2UYhoyrw
In 2001 Gert-Jan Van Doorn was suspended from racing for 18 months, while Andrea Bartolini got a 6-month ban. Both rider’s were fined, lost points and had to pay the FIM hearing costs. Bartolini’s sample contained nandrolone (anabolic steroid), while Van Doorn’s contains amfepramone (a derivative of amphetamine). Claudio Federici who was second in the 1999 125 World Championship failed a drug test for a metabolite of cocaine in 2002 and was suspended for 6-months. Josh Coppins tested six times over the limit for the stimulant pseudo-ephedrine, which he said he got from taking an over-the-counter hay fever tablet. Since ephedrine typically carries a 3-month ban, Coppins was given a 3-month ban, but it was suspended. But, he lost the points he earned at that race. Road racer Noriyuki Haga tested positive for Ephedrine in 2000 and received a one-month ban and had his points deducted. Haga lost 25 points during his ban and lost the WSBC to Colin Edwards. In November of 2013, MotoGP road racer Anthony West failed for methylhexaneamine (which he said he got from an energy drink). Originally, he got a one month ban from the FIM, but WADA appealed the decision and West was given an 18-month ban. In 2013, World Sidecar Cross competitor Lauris Daiders tested positive for the substance clenbuterol and got a 15-month ban. Want more? Back in 1975 an AMA rider named Ron Self told the AMA that his license application was “in the mail” and they let him race the Hangtown National. It turns out that Ron mailed the application to the AMA the day after Hangtown. They banned him from racing for 12 months! And that was for paperwork mistake.
Pit Row
If Aldon is helping his riders cheat and we suddenly lose Anderson, Musquin, and Osborne are we really gaining anything?
Some are lethal and can literally cook you. But they use anyway because they work. How else do people think they can lose 40-50 lbs in a few days?
Just have Tickle become a Russian citizen, hell be on the start line by Hangtown
Striking every time a AMA rider get caught and suspended, Vital exploded and everybody hue and cry how wrong it is.
If you get caught because you using doping you're an asshole, if you get caught because of sportdrinks or something you're an amature.
The teams spend thousands of dollar on training under the guidance of personal trainers with balanced foodprograms and middle of the season a rider take the risk with a no name powerdrink? Come on.
It's well known that in the past many pro mxers used diet pills not because they had a fat ass.
WADA's "one size fits all" punishment system is horseshit. Further horseshit that their punishment system is designed around a sports system that competes once every 4 years.
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